GUY CLARK

The Ballad Of Laverne And Captain Flint Lyrics

Here comes Martha runnin' down the pierlooks like Captain Flint is hereYou get the bow and I get the sternLord would you look at that LaverneOld Flint's got shrimp from the deep blue seaand buckets of fish for you and me

ChorusOld Flint's boat is fine and she's called the Miss-Inclinedand there's no home port painted on her sternand they say she's like a ghost up and down that Texas coastbut you saw him didn't you Laverne

Daddy says Flint is a weird old birdand what's more I have heardthat his nets are charmed by a woman who knewhow to work that Louisiana voo-dooLaverne get away from that boat you hearyour mama don't want you hangin' round here

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Martha, Martha won't you tell me pleasethat it's not Laverne that I seethere on the deck of the Miss-Inclinedwith Captain Flint I must be blindLaverne girl what's the matter with youold Captain Flint put a spell on you